Obama supports the protesters

I really can’t believe how many people are actually protesting in the Occupy Wall Street. It is the most unorganized and pointless protest. Even more shocking to me is Obama’s response to it all. He is actually encouraging these people to continue causing anarchy.  Last week a friend of mine who works by Wall Street was pushed down the subway stairs because of the swarm of protesters. That is just unacceptable. During the Thursday press conference Obama said the voters will “run the republicans out of town” if the jobs bill is not passed. Then when talking about the Occupy Wall Street Movement he said it “expresses the frustrations that the American people feel.” He said, “People are frustrated and the protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works.” I shouldn’t be surprised though because Obama needs these people to stay in office. These are the people that voted him into office and the ones he can hope to keep him there. If he turns his back on them now he will a great loss in supporters. Even the Vice President, Biden, is sympathizing with the protesters. He said, “What is the core of that protest? The core is: The bargain has been breached. The core is the American people do not think the system is fair, or on the level. That is the core is what you’re seeing with Wall Street.” The system isn’t fair? It’s these people who are blaming others success for their own failures and bad luck. The bad economy is not Wall Streets fault.

The Tea Party Express chairwoman Amy Kremer said one of my favorite quotes describing the protesters. She said they were like “a kid having a temper tantrum because their parents won't buy them the whole ice-cream store.” Not only is this a funny analogy but also it definitely has truth to it. The protesters are angry people who don’t know who to blame so they pick the successful ones. I don’t blame them for being frustrated with the economy but they are loosing all their credibility when they attack the wrong people and don’t even have a real purpose. In the past week, the Occupy Wall Street protests have spread to cities including Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Tampa. Some of the signs read, “Voting is a Hoax – Wake Up,”  “Jail Obama,”  “The military budget is KILLING Washington State!” and “Stop Cheating Movie Goers” (I have to say it would be nice if movie ticket prices went down). These protesters are just confused furious people who want to re-elect a president who in my opinion is not knowledgeable in creating jobs for our country and fixing the economy. Herman Cain said he thinks the whole protest movement has been “planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama Administration.” It certainly is an annoying distraction. It will be interesting to see what comes of all of it and if it helps Obama in the election.